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Unit Converter & Dimensional Analysis

Any unit to any unit. Conversion factors chained and cancelled on the page.

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The Unit Converter does conversions the way a chemistry or physics course wants them written: as a chain of factors with units cancelling. Length, area, volume, mass, time, temperature, speed, acceleration, force, pressure, energy, power, density, concentration, and data. Compound units like mph to m/s, g/cm^3 to kg/m^3, or kWh to joules. It also solves full dimensional-analysis problems, such as how many seconds a car takes to cover a distance given a speed in miles per hour, and checks that a formula is dimensionally consistent. Prefix conversions, such as nanometers to meters, use the power-of-ten factor written out, and currency-style multi-step conversions, such as cost per gallon to cost per liter, are chained the same way.

Type the value with its unit and the target unit: "65 mph to m/s", "2.5 atm to kPa", "0.75 g/mL to kg/m^3", "how many minutes to travel 12 km at 45 km/h". Photos of a printed conversion table or problem work. For temperature, the solver applies the offset, not a bare factor. Significant figures follow the input unless you state a precision. For a multi-step word problem, paste the whole problem and say what unit the final answer should be in. If a conversion factor in your course differs from the standard value, such as using 1 in = 2.5 cm, state it and the solver uses that factor and labels it as given.

Output: the converted value first, then the factor chain with every unit written and struck through as it cancels, then the arithmetic. Dimensional-consistency checks show each term reduced to base units. The working is shown so you can check it. For a physics problem that needs a conversion mid-calculation, the Physics Solver and Kinematics Solver do the conversion inline. For chemistry quantities like moles and molarity, use the Chemistry Solver. A follow-up can ask for the same quantity in a different target unit or for a different precision. Factors are kept at full precision until the final rounding, so intermediate values do not accumulate rounding error.

How to use it

  1. 1Type the value, its unit, and the target unit
  2. 2State a precision if the course requires one
  3. 3Confirm each factor cancels

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